double-edged

adjective

ˌdə-bəl-ˈejd How to pronounce double-edged (audio)
Definition of double-edgednext
1
as in dual
consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined the double-edged purpose of the sales promotion is to clear out existing stock and to attract new customers

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2
as in ambiguous
having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning her double-edged remark that she hoped that I ultimately got what I deserved

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Recent Examples of double-edged The movie’s Spanish title could also be translated as The Thaw, as fitting and double-edged as The Meltdown, but with a slightly different slant, as in Lina’s eventual warming to Inés. — Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026 The blade was at least ten inches long and double-edged, honed on one side with a wavy scalloped finish, the other a jagged toothing like a lumberjack’s saw. — Chang-Rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026 To call a musician a virtuoso can be double-edged. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026 There, too, his advocacy is double-edged. — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for double-edged
Recent Examples of Synonyms for double-edged
  1. dual
  2. ambiguous
  3. binary
  4. cryptic
  5. twin
  6. obscure
  7. dark
Adjective
  • The robust air service that results from the dual hub is one of the reasons global businesses and visitors choose Chicago, and why residents have easy access to flights around the world.
    — Ray LaHood, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Not only do these caregivers end up feeling unprepared to take on the dual role, but balancing the costs of child care and senior care simultaneously is reshaping nearly every one of their financial decisions.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of dual
Adjective
  • High performers are the ones most often asked to manage difficult clients, resolve cross-functional conflict, make judgment calls and handle ambiguous challenges.
    — Kim Meninger, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • This definition of midlife also has ambiguous boundaries, which Lachman readily admits.
    — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
Definition of ambiguous
Adjective
  • Islam was not involved with the new study but has studied the physics of black-hole binary ejections.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 July 2026
  • One is to store binary data on them and the second is to prevent them from fading into noise.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
Definition of binary
Adjective
  • Corsini and Massimo Vavassori’s script is needlessly cryptic at times, leaving the central figure too much of an abstraction.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 July 2026
  • Ella Rubin stars as Annie Jacobson, a high schooler who stumbles into a mystery when her grandfather dies and leaves her an island in Canada—along with a cryptic letter.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026
Definition of cryptic
Adjective
  • Tuesday’s earthquake in Japan, one of the country’s deadliest in years, struck an area that was still recovering from twin earthquakes in 2016 but has also been shaped by the lessons of that trauma.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 31 July 2026
  • Footage released by the company shows the twin-engine jet rolling down the runway under its own power as engineers assess braking, steering, engine response and ground handling.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
Definition of twin
Adjective
  • Some of the details are still obscure—no law requires OpenAI to explain itself—but the basic facts are well understood.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
  • This confusion is a big reason why the once-obscure argument over the best inflation speedometer is heating up.
    — Brandy Hadley, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Definition of obscure
Adjective
  • Their traditional decor centers around darker fabrics and pale wall coverings.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Her doctor advised her to stop clinical hyperpigmentation treatments for her dark spots and uneven skin tone as some ingredients could be unsafe to use while trying to conceive or during pregnancy.
    — Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of dark

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“Double-edged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double-edged. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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